The Ultimate Borer

Chapter 257: Ah Xiang returns to Jiangdong, Guan Yu and Lu Bu lose all their martial arts skills

"What? Ah Xiang actually went back to Jiangdong?"

When Xiu heard the news, he almost lost his balance for a moment, and Fang Mu quickly reached out to support him.

"Why, didn't I say I would always believe her?"

Xiu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He thought Ah Xiang ran back at this time because she was heartbroken by her brothers' suspicion of her.

"When did she leave?"

Xiu was silent for a long time before he asked.

"6:40 this morning, ten minutes after we left Cao's house!"

When Fang Mu received the news from the surrounding scouts that Sun Shangxiang had left the Cao family and was heading for Jiangdong, Fang Mu hesitated whether he should stop her, but Fang Mu finally gave up the idea.

After all, Ah Xiang is already 18 years old. Whatever she wants to do is her own choice. Lian Xiu can't keep her, so there is no way for me to keep her.

As for using force to bring her back - Fang Mu felt that they were friends after all, and as friends it wasn't time to go that far.

……

"Dad, brother?"

Sun Shangxiang, carrying a bag in one hand, peeped in, pushed open the door of her house, and called softly.

"Second brother?"

Sun Shangxiang looked around and saw no one in the spacious house. Only a small rustling sound came from the second floor.

"So you were waiting for me on the second floor. I'm going to scare you!"

Ah Xiang chuckled, threw her bag on the sofa, and then tiptoed up the stairs.

"This location is... my room?"

Ah Xiang's eyes rolled around. Could it be that Dad and Big Brother were preparing a surprise for her? Ah Xiang slapped her head. Oh, yes, her birthday was coming soon!

Ah Xiang's face was instantly filled with smiles. As expected, no matter where she was, her father and brother loved her the most.

"Since you've been so nice to me, I won't scare you!"

Ah Xiang immediately gave up the idea of ​​teasing Sun Jian and Sun Ce, ran to her room and quickly opened the door.

“Surprise!”

But the scene inside the door disappointed Ah Xiang. The layout of the room was still exactly the same as before she left. The only difference was that there was one more person in the room - this person was none other than Ah Xiang's uncle, Sun Ce and others, Xiong Feng!

“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch…”

Xiong Feng was wiping a vase in Ah Xiang's room with a rag. Ah Xiang frightened him so much that the vase almost flew out of his hand. He was so scared that he grabbed at the vase in the air and thus avoided the vase from being smashed to pieces.

"Oh, it's A Xiang, you're back!"

Xiong Feng looked at A Xiang, an unnatural expression flashed across his face, then immediately turned into a look of surprise, and said to A Xiang with a smile.

"Have you eaten yet? Are you hungry? Do you want your uncle to ask the kitchen to cook something for you?"

Ah Xiang shook her head and glanced around her room. Although her room was large, Sun Jian required that no one should hide in any of the children's rooms (as a school leader, he was afraid of being assassinated by other forces). Therefore, Ah Xiang quickly confirmed that Sun Jian and Sun Ce were not hiding in her room.

"Uncle, have you seen my dad and brother?"

"Ah? Uh... No... Maybe... Maybe he went out..."

Xiong Feng looked a little flustered, spoke haltingly, and seemed very nervous. He even used a rag to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"You really didn't see it?"

Ah Xiang looked at Xiong Feng with suspicion, and her wise eyes seemed to be able to see through Xiong Feng's heart.

“No…no…I didn’t see it. Maybe he really went out!”

Faced with Ah Xiang's questioning, Xiong Feng could only pretend to be calm.

"What about my second brother?"

"Zhongmou, he should be training his troops at the military training ground right now!"

When Xiong Feng heard Ah Xiang asking about Sun Quan, he immediately pointed out the direction for Ah Xiang. Ah Xiang nodded and then walked towards the training ground.

……

"Guan Yu, Lu Bu, how do you feel?"

Xiao Qiao ran to sit between Guan Yu and Lu Bu and asked curiously.

"It feels amazing. My whole body feels light and I have no strength. Even my bones feel limp!"

Guan Yu tried to raise one hand, but found it extremely difficult. He even needed Diao Chan's support when going down the stairs just now.

"..."

Lu Bu's face was also very pale, but because of his introverted personality, he did not answer Xiao Qiao's question. Instead, he kept trying to clench his fists, but found that he could not even do such a simple action.

"Brother said that your martial arts skills have been washed away along with the demonic nature in your body, so it's normal to feel weak all over!"

Ma Chao quickly brought each of them a cup of hot water with some red dates and wolfberries in it.

"Yu, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? I heard that people who lose their martial arts skills will be more fragile than ordinary people without martial arts skills!"

Zhao Yun asked with concern. Although he was once unable to use martial arts because of "Locking Maria", having martial arts and not being able to use them and having no martial arts at all are two completely different things. At least he had not been so weak before.

"Actually, I'm fine. It's just that the martial arts I've practiced since I was a child are gone all of a sudden, and I'm a little uncomfortable with it!"

Guan Yu said this with a wry smile, but anyone could see the loneliness behind his smile.

"Hey, don't always think of the bad side of things!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Zhang Fei quickly stepped forward to liven it up.

"Brother, think about it, even though you've lost your martial arts skills, you won't be able to go berserk anymore, and you don't have to worry about accidentally hurting us or my sister-in-law!"

Then Zhang Fei turned his gaze to Lu Bu.

"And the same goes for you, Lu Bu. Although you can't fight anymore, your lifespan has returned. Although it's much shorter than your original lifespan, it's already far longer than your original two or three years. Take good care of yourself and let Fang Mu feed you some precious medicinal herbs. Maybe you can even live longer!"

Zhang Fei's words did make some sense, which made Guan Yu and Lu Bu's frowns relax a lot, and the atmosphere in the living room slowly became lively again.

……

"Second brother, second brother? Second brother!..."

Ah Xiang saw Sun Quan's back from a distance on the parade ground, but she called out to him several times but Sun Quan did not respond. It was not until Sun Quan's personal guard captain Chen Wu came forward and stood beside Sun Quan and said a few words that Sun Quan turned around.

"Sister, why are you yelling at me all the time? I'm almost going deaf from you!"

"Damn second brother, if it weren't for what you said, I would have thought you were deaf. I called you so many times and you didn't respond!"

Seeing Sun Quan turning around, Sun Shangxiang immediately showed a triumphant smile on her face, and ran to Sun Quan's side happily.